Joanne is an associate professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University and a senior consultant in Division of Medical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. Joanne’s work is aimed at understanding the germline genetic mutation profile of cancer predisposition syndromes across different geographical cohorts and different health settings.

She is leading studies on cancer clustering to bridge cancer genome diagnostics and routine oncology care. Joanne and her team helped established the Cancer Genetics Service to create a new career track for genetic counsellors and convene numerous education symposia for students and residents. In recognitions of her work, she received the National Medical Research Council Transition Awards in 2014-2016 and the NMRC Clinician Scientist Award in 2017.

As a clinician scientist, Joanne is passionate about helping patients and other individuals understand how their genetics can influence their health and well-being.

Joanne and her team established the Hereditary/Familial Cancer Service Line Development Project to bring together multidisciplinary clinicians across SingHealth and other institutions to establish clinical care guidelines for at-risk families. She is particularly interested in helping health systems use genomic data and implement genomics to reduce burden of diseases and to improve patients’ health outcomes.